Solution Manager 7.1 Technical Monitoring Unified Dashboard Configuration Guide This document describes how to configure the unified center program on your solution manager. 1. IMPORT AND ACTIVATE THE DASHBOARD PROGRAM Step Import the transport requests Screenshot N/A Check if all ABAP objects (DDIC objects, classes, function modules) are active under package ZDC
Execute transaction SICF Activate the node /sap/ Activate three other SICF nodes: /sap/ac /sap/fmcall /sap/bc/bsp/sap/zdc and /sap/bc/bsp/sap/zdv Now the program is fully activated. You can proceed to initiate settings and create s Page 2 of 12
2. INITIAL DASHBOARD SETTINGS After importing the program you will need to enter initial settings before create s Step Screenshot Use Chrome or latest IE browser to open URL http://<solmanhost>:< solman_port>/sap/bc/ bsp/sap/zdc/admin.ht ml Logon with your solman user and password Navigate to Data Provider tab Click the Add Provider button and enter new data provider info Class: ZDP_SYSMON ZDP_BPA ZDP_BPO_ALERT_T ABLE ZDP_EEM Enabled: true Click Save Providers to save the settings Now you have initated settigns, you can proceed to prepare data providers/populate select options Page 3 of 12
3. CREATE A DASHBOARD In this step you can create or customize a base on your monitoring/reporting requirement. Step Screenshot Open the URL at http://<solman_host>: <port>/sap/bc/bsp/sa p/zdc/.html Click the + button to create Enter info including: Folder: Folder to include this Title: title of the for example AppOps Dashboard Columns/Rows: how many columns/rows to show in this Hit the Apply changes button to create the Page 4 of 12
Click the Configure Gadget button to configure a gadget within the Enter the gadget info including: Title: title of the gadget Data Provider: where the monitoring data comes from Renderer: how would you like the to be renderer SID/Metric: choose the option to query data provider Hit the Add query to add exiting query option Hit the Apply changes button to Note: you can add multiple queries in the same gadget for example you can correlate Concurrent logon users and CPU Utilization in the same gadget Page 5 of 12
After applying the changes you can see first gadgets are created with the metric you ve selected Repeat previous steps to configure other gadgets Note that you can drag Existing gadgets (gadgets from other s) from left panel into your Page 6 of 12
Click the Save button to save current Now you have created a new custom on your own. You can click the Today button to change time range and resolution. Click the Share button the send the line via email Click the arrow button besides Refresh to define auto refresh interval. Or Edit to change gadgets/metrics Now you ve created a new. Page 7 of 12
3.1. Adding BPA Gadgets Besides adding system monitoring gadgets, you can also add Business Process Analytics Panels to the unified. Step Screenshot Open the URL at http://<solman_host>: <port>/sap/bc/bsp/sa p/zdc/.html Click the + button to create or edit existing Change Data provider to ZDP_BPA and choose the Panels to add (note: the Panel name should match Technical Name from BPO setup) Afterwards you should see the gadgets in unified with exactly the same data from BPA panels Note: Unified Dashboard time range will NOT apply to BPA panels, it will use the configured time range per BPA panel setup. Page 8 of 12
4. AUTHORIZATION CONTROL You may want to restrict access to, eg, allow only a few users to edit the s etc. In the program there are three groups of users for different responsibilities: ADMIN: setup providers, mass maintenance of s, change configurations, assign user groups EDITOR: edit s VIEWER: view In addition an ADMIN can set a to READONLY to prevent further changes from EDITOR. To assign users or set read only flag: Step Screenshot Navigate to Admin -> Config tab and enter the ABAP user IDs separated by comma (,) without space (Note: you will need to Add config to add the entries if they don't exist) Empty value makes everyone has the role (for example everyone can view ) After saving config the new authorization will be effective immediately. To lock a : Navigate to manage and select the Readonly flag After that the will be shown as Readonly for editors. Page 9 of 12
5. ANONYMOUS ACCESS You may want to provide anonymous access URL to the. For example to distribute the to large group of end-users and allow them review the s on iphone/ipads. Step Screenshot First step is to create an user for anonymous access. For example we can create user DASHBOARD with following roles SAP_SMWORK_TECH_MON ZSAP_NOTIF_ADMIN ZSAP_SM_EEM_LEVEl01 ZSAP_SYSTEM_REPOSITORY_ DIS Change user type to communication Data user. Enter password for the user. Save settings Page 10 of 12
Second step is to maintain an anonymous SICF service for accessing the Execute transaction SICF and navigate to following service /sap/ac Double click on the service name. Open Logon Data tab and enter the user client, ID and password. Save the node. Make sure the /sap/ac node is activated. Page 11 of 12
Maintain the user for path /sap/bc/bsp/sap/zdc as well. Save settings Now you can view with following URL without logon: http://<host>:<port>/sap/b c/bsp/sap/zdc/. html?service=ac Note: to disable anonymous access you can simply lock the user, or deactivate the /sap/ac SICF node. Page 12 of 12